Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

| IL - VsFoVht tihBA "CtrDii the tiVN W thO
crime Colonel, please order the thing TO
be taken up with the greatest care. There
is nothing more to do now until our re-
turn to town"
The colonel said few words to Corp.
Poireau, who leaned over the gaping pit
and gently took up the mysterious box,
muttering to himself: "All this Is be-
ginning to look very peculiar"
On the way back to Briqueville the pro-
secutor said To the colonel:
'Wkat a vexing coincidence! Our ex-
amining magistrate and our coroner are
away and will be absent until tomorrow.
Now, in a case Of this kind, II is my
opinion that it would be better to await
their return before Investigating the mat
ter any further"
81 believe you are right" replied the
colonel Resides, this is not a case that
demands an immediate examination. This
coffin has been buried fully ten or twelve
months: delay of twenty-four hours can
surely do no harm"
1t was therefore decided that they
would await the return of the judge and
the coroner. In depositing the object
upon the office table Corp Poireau gave
start.
"Hellor' exclaimed he, 'here is some
thing most superlatively peculiarr'
What is it, asked the colonel.
.'See for yourself. colonel. A piece of
linen is sticking out Of the hole made by
the plowshare, and there is mark ON the
end Of it."
That's so.' said the colonel. "well,
well, that criminal does not seem to have
been very shrewd. Still, how can we find
out whose name these initials stand for,''
Anyhow" suggested the public prose-
cutor, there Is one thing We can do Let
us send for the five or six laundresses that
are in Briqueville. II mistake not, one
Of them will give us clew."
"A good idea" exclaimed the colonel,
"a very good idea
An hour later the six Briqueville wash
erwOmen were collected together, and
each, in turn, held her nose between her
thumb and forefinger as she stopped over
the strange, inodorous box, from which
hung the bit Of linen that was To bring all
their sagacity into play.
Suddenly one Of them exclaimed:
~ know the mark 1t Is Mile Aglae's
linen,"
"Who Is Mile. Aglae.'
"a customer OF mine who died about
two years ago.
"Do you know what has become Of her
linen,''
"Why, Of course do Her servant in
herited of her clothes rs well Us Of every
thing else. She now resides in the house
of her dead mistress"
The public prosecutor and the colonel
exchanged a look Of triumph.
Just then Corp. Poireau, who had
been examining the box very closely, cx
claimed: ''Why, this is still more pc
culiar."
What is the matter now'" asked the
colonel
1.-The matter is, colonel. think per-
ceive the end Of a bone. You may see for
yourself, colonel, it is really the end Of
bone"
$50 it is" said the colonel Look,
Monsieur le Procureur, and see If it
isn't"
The public prosecutor did as directed.
For little while he had felt somewhsJ
excited over the turn affairs were taking.
The case was becoming more and more
interesting. Ii was lucky windfall TO
him. He sat down and scribbled a few
words on a piece of paper.
Take this To the telegraph Office" said
ne. 1T is dispatch TO the minister Of
justice, And now," added he, complacent-
ly rubbing his hands together, .'we shall
leave this box to be opened by the exam
lining magistrate and the coroner. They
will find their work already done for them.
As for you, worthy woman, lead the way
to the house you spoke OFF,
As they went along the attorney could
not conceal his satisfaction.
? .'Well, colonel, what do You think! We
have got fine case, haven't we."
"A fine case, indeed" replied the
colonel "A first class murder! That will
be toothsome morsel for the juryr'
Peacefully knitting at her window, Mile
Gertrude nearly swoOned away when she
saw her home invaded by so formidable
an array Of authorities. But how great So
ever might have been her surprise, IL in
nowise equaled the astonishment Of the in
yaders, who stood before her with open
mouths, as if transtixed. The seventy
springs Of the worthy maiden, and the
hairy treble wart which softened the aus
tere outlines of her nose, produced on their
minds uu impression they had not eX-
pected. e.
'.Sapristi," whispered the colonel to the
public prosecutor, 1.-The lady seems to me
rather too ripe TO have anything to do
with a crime Of this nature"
Although visibly discounted, the at
torney put on u sickly smile.
Matters had to be explained, however.
They were in a most satisfactory manner
by Monsieur Gregoire, the beadie of Saint
Ursula, who threw so much light on the
affair that il only made the public prose-
cutor's vexation all the more evident.
A pug! Was it possibles 1t was so pos
sible that ii was the truth. The prosecutor
had TO believe the evidence of his own
eyes. when the skeleton Of Mira. dive.ted
of its winding sheet, Law upon the office
table, testifying to the truth of what Mon
sieur Gregoire had advanced.
They still laugh about this affair in
Briqueville, and the merry tOwnsmen pre-
dict that it will make Monsieur le Pro-
cureur's fortune. As for Corp Poireau,
he stoutly maintained that, In all his many
years Of service rs gendarme he never
was connected with case which " rs SO
very pe-cu-liar,-Ioseph Montet, TRANS
lated for The Times Democrat.
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